Jewish Quotations

"To be a critic is easier than to be an author." ~~ Traditional Proverb

"The meaning of life is that it stops." ~~ Franz Kafka

"Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz

"Learn to do good; seek justice, school oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow!" ~~ Isaiah (Yesha’yahu)

"Let no man marry a wife meaning to divorce her!" ~~ Talmud, Yevamot

"I will betroth you unto Me for ever." ~~ Hosea (Hoshaya) 2:21

"The Torah teaches incidentally good manners." ~~ Ishmael b. Elisha

"Good company saves one from bad deeds. " ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"He who learns by Finding Out has sevenfold The Skill of him who learned by Being Told." ~~ Arthur Guiterman

"What you save from frivolity, add to your charity." ~~ Elijah b. Raphael

"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth." ~~ Benjamin Disraeli

"The Jewish State is an imperative for the world and therefore will assuredly be established." ~~ Theodore Herzl